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i like pbs.....i like big birr"... loser offlast week's debate has used that comment as a laugh line at recent campaiin eventt........(10:51)when someone brags about getting rid of big birddann getttng rid oo public teleeision its looked aa like what is thii guy thinking....(nats offad) (covvr this bite)(12:04)for after puulic television and dems immmdiatelyyrespond you are declaring war agianst sesame street. &p3 sesame workshop released this ssatement ttday that says... "we hhve pproved no campaign ads nd as is our general practice have reeuested that the ad beetaken down.. that brings us to our question of the day. do political ad is effective?et" effective?this questton... like the comment duriig the debate... strrck a nerve... more than 150 of you posted comments...join the discussion... it's sstll going on right now.go to facebook dot com slash fox-balttmore seems... some peoppe.../ are... already... casting votes... between... big birdd.. / mitt romney... with their walllts and... "sesame street live"... were ss
i like pbs.....i like big birr"... loser offlast week's debate has used that comment as a laugh line at recent campaiin eventt........(10:51)when someone brags about getting rid of big birddann getttng rid oo public teleeision its looked aa like what is thii guy thinking....(nats offad) (covvr this bite)(12:04)for after puulic television and dems immmdiatelyyrespond you are declaring war agianst sesame street. &p3 sesame workshop released this ssatement ttday that says... "we hhve...
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//take sot// - while we are talling about 20 percent of the budget which is wherr the pbs monny ii in 80 percent of the budget is medicare.....social talk about the big parts that's my whole point. point. this ssatement today ttat says....we have apprrved no ourrgeneral practice have requested thht the ad be taken down.... that brings us to our question of theeday. do you think the "sesame street" political ad is effectiie? &peffective? heed to our facebook page and let us know what ou think. just search for fox baltimore and join the debate. debate. bless you littte one. how allergies madd this puppy famous overnight. an attorney blind-sided in courtt the verdict that pushed his client to attack. 3&p a... public defender... akes... a... shot... to... the face...// after... his client... learns his ssntence. sentence. 30 year old... lamarcus williimson... is... in... the... orange jumpsuit..../// he... pled.... guilty... to robbery,.../ drug and assault charges.../ and... the judgee.. gave him... &p 15---years...///. even... with the handcuffs, .../ williamson... winds up... and... de
//take sot// - while we are talling about 20 percent of the budget which is wherr the pbs monny ii in 80 percent of the budget is medicare.....social talk about the big parts that's my whole point. point. this ssatement today ttat says....we have apprrved no ourrgeneral practice have requested thht the ad be taken down.... that brings us to our question of theeday. do you think the "sesame street" political ad is effectiie? &peffective? heed to our facebook page and let us know...
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question many critcs are sayyng about president uses big bird to mock mitt romney for proposing cuts tt pbs funding.... karrn parks joins us and pays......political criticss aren't the only onessspeaking out.... the obama for ammrica tv released an ad sarcassicclly linning the giaat yyllow bird to glutoos of greed likee aamitted ponzi scheme ooerator bernie maaoff and ex enron ceo kenneth lay..... this after mitt romney declared in the first presidential debate last week thaa he would cut fundinn deficit......take a llok aa the ad.... 3pcoomeeciallad nats nats today on baltimore radio commentattr 4 weigheddin on //take sst// (31144)while we are talking about 20 ercent the pbs money is in 0 percent of the budget is dealing with talk about the big parts that's my whhle point..... sesame workshop released this statement today that says......we have approoed no campaigg ads and as is our peneral practice have down... that brings us to our question of the day. doo youuthink the "sesame ssreet" politiccl ad is effeccive? go to fox-baltimooe dot com and tell us hat you think. you can also soond of
question many critcs are sayyng about president uses big bird to mock mitt romney for proposing cuts tt pbs funding.... karrn parks joins us and pays......political criticss aren't the only onessspeaking out.... the obama for ammrica tv released an ad sarcassicclly linning the giaat yyllow bird to glutoos of greed likee aamitted ponzi scheme ooerator bernie maaoff and ex enron ceo kenneth lay..... this after mitt romney declared in the first presidential debate last week thaa he would cut...
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. >> i'm sorry, jim, i'm going to stop the subsidy to pbs and stop other things. i like pbs and i love big bird and i like you, too but i will not keep spending money on things to borrow money from china to pay for it. >> chris: now was that smart, as a way to show that he is serious about cutting spending or always a mistake to take on big bird? >> well, y know, big bird is pretty popular but, you know, maybe the president would say big bird didn't build his own nest, i don't know. but, you know, i think that it is -- you know, it probably, you know, maybe not going after big bird, but, certainly, pbs, and, public broadcasting is popular in terms of taking them on in the spending, you know, on the spending side. i don't think he was going down the wrong path, maybe not with big bird. >> chris: a couple of minutes left. i want to look forward. what do you expect from this week's vice presidential debate between joe biden and paul ryan in. >> well, i am sure tha vice president biden got a phone call from the white house, and said, you know, look, we didn't go after
. >> i'm sorry, jim, i'm going to stop the subsidy to pbs and stop other things. i like pbs and i love big bird and i like you, too but i will not keep spending money on things to borrow money from china to pay for it. >> chris: now was that smart, as a way to show that he is serious about cutting spending or always a mistake to take on big bird? >> well, y know, big bird is pretty popular but, you know, maybe the president would say big bird didn't build his own nest, i don't...
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-pi am going to stop the subsidy to pbs. i am not going to keep spending money on things and borrowing money from china to pay for it. number two, i will take programs that are currentlyygood programs but could be run more efficiently at the state level and send it to the states. number three, i will make government more efficient and cut back the number of employees and combined some agencies and departments. the cuts would be done by attrition, by the way. esident said he would cut the deficit in half. unfortunately, he doubled it. trrllion dollar deficit for the last four years. president has put us in almost as much public debt held by the public as all prior presidents combined. >> when i walked into the oval office, i had more than a trillion dollar deficit reading me, and we know where it came from. two wars that were paid for on a credit card, two tax cuts that were not paid for, and a whole bunch of programs that were not paid for, and then a massive economic crisis. despite that, yes, we had to take some initial em
-pi am going to stop the subsidy to pbs. i am not going to keep spending money on things and borrowing money from china to pay for it. number two, i will take programs that are currentlyygood programs but could be run more efficiently at the state level and send it to the states. number three, i will make government more efficient and cut back the number of employees and combined some agencies and departments. the cuts would be done by attrition, by the way. esident said he would cut the...
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pinancial regulation reforn but big biid everyone ddbate........even though he would cut funding to pbs.......he added....."i like pbb.....i likk big bird"... (nat of ad)the ppesident who was widely proclaamed the loser of lass week's debate has used that comment as a laugh line at recent camppign events........(10:51)when someone brags about getting rid of big bird and getting rrd of public televisioo its looked at like what is this guy thinking....(nats of ad) years republicans tried to go after ublic television and dems immediately respond you are declaring war agianst sesame street. sessme workshop releaaed a statemmntttuesday... sayinn quote - "we have approved no campaign ads and as is our general practice have requested that the ad be taken down." coming up... it's take two... for a daredevil skydiver... who's plan to freefall from whattday this week... he'll try aaain. you're watching fox 45 morning news.. all local.. all morning. reducing the risk of stroke.. the vegetable that could protect your brainn.. tonight on fox 45 news at five..3 -live look camden yards-orioles are inn
pinancial regulation reforn but big biid everyone ddbate........even though he would cut funding to pbs.......he added....."i like pbb.....i likk big bird"... (nat of ad)the ppesident who was widely proclaamed the loser of lass week's debate has used that comment as a laugh line at recent camppign events........(10:51)when someone brags about getting rid of big bird and getting rrd of public televisioo its looked at like what is this guy thinking....(nats of ad) years republicans...
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just the thought of it has pbs fans all fired up. nightly news begins now. >>> good evening, coming off a lackluster debate performance, the president got some good news today, 32 days before the election, the nation's jobless rate fell to the lowest level of his term in office. economists will argue what it means, but here are today's numbers, the economy gained about 114,000 jobs in the last month, pushing the unemployment rate to 7.8%, that is where today's political debate in this country started out. we have it all covered here tonight. and we'll begin our coverage with nbc's andrea mitchell, good evening, andrea. >> reporter: good evening, brian, in a week that has been a roller coaster for both of the candidates, today's news gave a good bit of a jolt, but that set off a firestorm on what it really means. the news that the unemployment dipped below 8% since he took office came just in time for a president battered by his poor performance in the debate. >> today's news should give us some encouragement. it shouldn't be an excus
just the thought of it has pbs fans all fired up. nightly news begins now. >>> good evening, coming off a lackluster debate performance, the president got some good news today, 32 days before the election, the nation's jobless rate fell to the lowest level of his term in office. economists will argue what it means, but here are today's numbers, the economy gained about 114,000 jobs in the last month, pushing the unemployment rate to 7.8%, that is where today's political debate in this...
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i like pbs. i love big bird. >> tonight lamar burton with the real story about pbs. >> the real story? >> the real story. good to have you with us tonight folks. thanks for watching. the unemployment numbers for september were released today. it is good news for the american recovery. somebody said obama didn't know anything about the economy. well, forget that for now. the national unemployment rate fell to, count it, 7.8%. 114,000 jobs were added to the payrolls. an additional 86,000 were added to revisions for july and august. the labor force grew, my friends, by 418,000, which means the drop in unemployment is not due to people giving up on looking for work, which is a great republican talking point. president obama broke the news to supporters during a rally in virginia today. >> this morning we found out that the unemployment rate has fallen to its lowest level since i took office. more americans entered the work force, more people are getting jobs. >> the president made clear the economy i
i like pbs. i love big bird. >> tonight lamar burton with the real story about pbs. >> the real story? >> the real story. good to have you with us tonight folks. thanks for watching. the unemployment numbers for september were released today. it is good news for the american recovery. somebody said obama didn't know anything about the economy. well, forget that for now. the national unemployment rate fell to, count it, 7.8%. 114,000 jobs were added to the payrolls. an...
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you know pbs and enjoy pbs, if you have ever had kids or grandkids or whatever age kids you grew up with sesame street. 91% of american families tune into pbs sometime during the year. 91% of american families. mitt romney wants to cut it out? 81% of all kids between the ages of two and eight grow up with sesame street. 81%. that's enormous. there is the nobody better known than cookie monster, elmo, and big bird. ♪ do, do do elmo's song ♪ >> i still have dreams about it. >> bill: and then the amount spent on it it is .00012% of the -- of last year's federal budget. that amounts to $1.35 per american family. i'm sorry, dammit i'll pay for a thousand american families to watch it. it's ridiculous and the idea that you are going to take something that is so popular, that is so damn good that is so meaningful, and cut it out just shows a lot about -- i think how totally -- first of all how mitt romney is willing to pander any time to the right-wing in any way possible. and it shows how totally out of touch he is with the american people. the big bird himself by the way -- i would love y
you know pbs and enjoy pbs, if you have ever had kids or grandkids or whatever age kids you grew up with sesame street. 91% of american families tune into pbs sometime during the year. 91% of american families. mitt romney wants to cut it out? 81% of all kids between the ages of two and eight grow up with sesame street. 81%. that's enormous. there is the nobody better known than cookie monster, elmo, and big bird. ♪ do, do do elmo's song ♪ >> i still have dreams about it. >>...
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pbs. >> be more. pbs. male announcer: the following program contains mature content which may not be suitable for all audiences. viewer discretion is advised.
pbs. >> be more. pbs. male announcer: the following program contains mature content which may not be suitable for all audiences. viewer discretion is advised.
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i like pbs. i love big bird. i actually like you, too. i'm not going to keep on spending money on things to borrow money from china to pay for. >> okay. mitt romney has never made it a secret he really likes firing people. he ruffled feathers when me proposed to cut federal funding for pbs. it wasn't because moderator jim lehrer worked for pbs since 1973. romney messed with the most popular bird in america, and twitter responded. big bird peaked at 17,000 tweets per minute and the #savesesamestreet became the top trending topic. >> i don't understand. you know, everything was just fine. why does it have to be this way? give me one good reason. >> well, that's the problem, pbs doesn't receive any direct money from the government. the government funds the corporation for public broadcasting, a profit -- a private non-profit corporation that distributes the subsidy to local pbs stations. in 2012, cpb was given $444.1 million. let's see. what is that? that's .012% of the federal budget. last year, pbs received just 5% of cpb's total appropria
i like pbs. i love big bird. i actually like you, too. i'm not going to keep on spending money on things to borrow money from china to pay for. >> okay. mitt romney has never made it a secret he really likes firing people. he ruffled feathers when me proposed to cut federal funding for pbs. it wasn't because moderator jim lehrer worked for pbs since 1973. romney messed with the most popular bird in america, and twitter responded. big bird peaked at 17,000 tweets per minute and the...
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pbs. >> be more. pbs. here in cambridge, massachusetts. today, we'll start the ceiling work on the first floor. tom: all right, that's it. norm: we'll learn more about swedish style.
pbs. >> be more. pbs. here in cambridge, massachusetts. today, we'll start the ceiling work on the first floor. tom: all right, that's it. norm: we'll learn more about swedish style.
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. >> i'm going to stop the subsidy to pbs. i like pbs, big bird. i actually like you, too, but i'm not going to keep spending money on things to borrow money from china to pay for it. >> cnn political analyst and editorial director of the national journal. hi, ron. >> good morning, carol. >> i know it's not the most important issue of the night. plenty of people actually think lehrer helped mitt romney by allowing him so much time to answer questions. fair? >> i don't know. he has been an important force in presidential debates. last night was not a good night for him. the new format has a lot of strength, allows you to drill down on a subject, providing sustained focus on one area at a time. and he simply did not take advantage of it. he didn't have meaningful follow-ups. he didn't challenge them. he really didn't kind of force them to move beyond their kind of comfort zone and their talking points. i think it was a tremendous missed opportunity. i bet the other moderators will learn from it and being more aggressive in using this tool that the ne
. >> i'm going to stop the subsidy to pbs. i like pbs, big bird. i actually like you, too, but i'm not going to keep spending money on things to borrow money from china to pay for it. >> cnn political analyst and editorial director of the national journal. hi, ron. >> good morning, carol. >> i know it's not the most important issue of the night. plenty of people actually think lehrer helped mitt romney by allowing him so much time to answer questions. fair? >> i...
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i'm going to stop the subsidy to pbs and other things and i like pbs, i like big bird i actually like you to, but not borrowing money to pay china for supporting it. >> and the big broadcasting systems. what's the truth? could big bird be going bye-bye? joining us, from the christian monitor, good morning. >> good morning. >> so are big bird and pbs really in any danger here? >> well, i don't think big bird's had a week this good in a while. he's huge on twitter now. i think his twitter presence increased like 800,000%, and the thing about big bird and "sesame street" is they have so much outside funding. it's not like "sesame street" will disappear. pbs, the subsidy, it's a sizable chunk of their budget and would be a big blow. >>? how much? a perspective? how much the government chips in? >> it fluctuates year to year. 10% to 15%. in 2011, 12% funneled stlu came from the government subsidy. >> definite lay sizable clunk there. pbs has released a statement accusing governor romney of making pbs a political target and not understanding the value the american people place in public bro
i'm going to stop the subsidy to pbs and other things and i like pbs, i like big bird i actually like you to, but not borrowing money to pay china for supporting it. >> and the big broadcasting systems. what's the truth? could big bird be going bye-bye? joining us, from the christian monitor, good morning. >> good morning. >> so are big bird and pbs really in any danger here? >> well, i don't think big bird's had a week this good in a while. he's huge on twitter now. i...
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keep up with daily developments in this too close to guess campaign on the pbs news hour. then next friday night be sure to join me and the rest of the pbs public affairs family for a pre-election special we're calling "what's at stake." check your local listings at the time. that will be right after we see you here next week on "washington week." good night. funding for "washington week" is provided by -- >> this rock has never stood still. since 1875 we've been there for our clients through good times and bad. when their needs changed, we were there to meet them. through the years, from insurance to investment management, from real estate to retirement solutions, we've developed new ideas for the financial challenges ahead. this rock has never stood still, and that's one thing that will never change. prudential. >> corporate funding for "washington week" is providing by norfolk southern. boeing. additional funding for "washington week" is provided by the annenberg foundation, the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers l
keep up with daily developments in this too close to guess campaign on the pbs news hour. then next friday night be sure to join me and the rest of the pbs public affairs family for a pre-election special we're calling "what's at stake." check your local listings at the time. that will be right after we see you here next week on "washington week." good night. funding for "washington week" is provided by -- >> this rock has never stood still. since 1875 we've...